WALANT Special Issue
Wide-Awake Hand Surgery Experience in Patients 10 to 18 Years of Age
We investigated the frequency of wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) use for hand surgery in the a 10- to 18-year–old age group and patients’ experiences.Successful Boutonniere Reconstruction With Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet
In this retrospective study, we evaluated the results of central slip reconstruction with a modified Snow’s technique under wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet.Triggering Thumb Is Not Always a Trigger Thumb
Although rare, the thumb can trigger because of de Quervain disease. An 18-year-old woman presented with painful triggering during thumb movements. Physical examination revealed locking upon thumb extension and painful snapping upon thumb flexion, with tenderness over the first extensor compartment. During the ultrasonography examination, the extensor pollicis brevis tendon snapped with a jerky movement. According to intraoperative active movement under wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet, only the extensor pollicis brevis tendon subcompartment was released, and the snapping was resolved.
